FAQ
What books can I find on this site?
This site contains a growing collection of Short Literary Works from Canadian authors. Titles are provided by participating publishers. We are also actively recruiting new publishers to this initiative.
How do I create an account?
If your library offers access…
Please login to your library E-Resource portal first before coming to this site. Logging in to your library account gives you full access to Canadian CourseReadings.
If you are a visiting academic user…
If you are a university course instructor, please go to Register and provide the information requested. You will have immediate access to our site. When you create an account, please use your institutional email address to allow us to verify your account.
How do I view the book and readings you offer?
If your library offers access…
Login to your university library E-resources portal and you will have full access to Canadian CourseReadings.
Then navigate to the collection via
- www.canadiancoursereadings.ca
- URL links to readings
- Searching for books from our collection through your university online library portal.
Visiting academic users…
Once you have created your free user account, you can access the full text of all chapters on the site. Every chapter has been tagged, using a subject list reflecting subject areas, issues and topics relevant to the discovery of short literary works.
You can then read the full text of the chapter by clicking on the “View” button. You can read as much as you want, and as many chapters of as many books as you wish.
How do I acquire a chapter for course readings?
If your library offers access…
Simply add the permalink of the chosen chapter to your syllabus (or on the course Blackboard page). Your students can use the link to have automatic, simultaneous access to that reading and every other chapter in the collection.
If you are a visiting academic user…
When you find the chapters that meet your courses needs, email your university copyright office and request they contact [email protected] to license your selected readings. Share the following information with them:
Book: (e.g. Above Discovery. Invisible Publishing)
ISBN: (e.g. 9781778430206)
Chapters Requested: (e.g. Chapter 12, The Stone Cutter’s Masterpiece)
Number of Students in course: (e.g. 30)
Provider: Canadian Coursereadings (www.canadiancoursereadings.ca )
Contact Info: [email protected]
Once you’ve done that, your collection is ready to be ordered by your campus Copyright and Licensing office.
What if I want to use the entire text of a book for course use?
Your campus bookstore supplies students with a digital version of the book through the campus eBookstore service.
All the books on this site are available in print format from the publisher. Most are available in digital format from consumer ebook vendors, as well as Campus eBookstore.
How do you deliver licensed CourseReadings for student use?
Your campus copyright office obtains the file for you, direct from us, to supply it to students on your course management system.
We invoice the copyright office for the number of copies required for your course, and are paid directly by them. There are no costs to students or instructors.
What is the cost of course readings?
Our price to your copyright office will usually be 10 cents a page for a chapter, multiplied by the number of students enrolled in the course. There is also a small processing fee for each license.
What are the restrictions on the material I receive?
Chapters licensed for course use are licensed for use in a single course during a single semester. The digital PDF files of your collection will have the name of the course, instructor and semester included, so that the terms of the license the purchaser has purchased are clear.
Can I re-order a set of readings to use in another course?
Collections provided by Canadian CourseReadings are licensed for use in a specific course during a single semester that you specify when you place your order. If you would like to re-order a pack to use during another semester or for another course, please contact your copyright office to obtain another license.
Why should students or institutions pay for course readings?
Canadian CourseReadings offers a pay-for-use approach for access to individual chapters of published books, at reasonable and affordable prices.
Revenues earned on our site by publishers and authors supplement revenues received from sales of full print and digital copies of these books.
Adequate revenues from the sale of Canadian scholarly and academic titles are vital to the ongoing publishing of new material in the humanities and social sciences.
The pay-for-use approach is transparent to users, and our micro pricing is in contrast to the pricing practices of some publishing multinationals.
Can I request chapters from a book that I don’t see on your site?
We work with our participating Canadian publishers to select relevant and appropriate titles for our collection, and we are constantly adding titles. We are also actively recruiting additional independent Canadian publishers to participate in this project.
If there is a book you would like to be able to access on our platform, please contact us at [email protected]. We will contact the publisher to let them know that there is interest in their book, and consider it for our collection.
I have a question which is not answered here. How can I reach you?
We can be reached at [email protected], or by phone at (416) 362-4762. Our office hours are Monday to Friday 9–5 EST.
